adverse fate
Example Sentences
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Yet he resolved that what adverse fate got out of him, should be on terms that would cover him with more glory than ordinary success could possibly do.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
Goldsmith struggled cheerfully with his adverse fate, and died.
From Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power by Orison Swett Marden
My sister—yield thee to thy adverse fate; Think of thy father, think of Regulus; Has he not taught thee how to brave misfortune?
From The Inflexible Captive A Tragedy, in Five Acts by Hannah More
In reality the leaders of world-revolution have not been "Under Men," victims of oppression or of adverse fate, nor could they be ranged in this category on account of physical or mental inferiority.
From Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta H. Webster
It was a terrible job;—perhaps the most difficult of all the difficult tasks which her adverse fate had imposed upon her.
From Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope
